Curling iron



am W4 A. SCHARER.

CURLING IRON.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12.1921.

1,421,313. Patented June 2 7, 1922.

r VI, v INVENTOR TIVESSES I u I WJ/ m 4 SC/MPEQ ATTORNEYS ARNOLD SCHARER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUBLING. IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 27, 1922.

Application filed July 12, 1921. Serial No. 484,123.

in curling irons, particularly to a curling iron operating on the same principle as the hair wavers disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial Number 451,053, filed March 9th, 1921.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a curling iron operating on the principle of the wavers to produce a Marcel wave in a short length of time.

Another object is to provice means for heating the curling iron and to provide an iron which will be practical in construction, durable and etlicient in use, and comparativelv inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a. view in side elevation of my improved curling iron showing the parts in position to receive a strand of hair;

Figure 2 is an edge view of Figure 1 showing the iron closed;

Figure 3 is an enlarged view in transverse section through one of the tongues taken on the line 33 of Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary bottom plan view showing the working end of the iron in engagement with a strand of hair.

Referring in detail to the drawings, my curling iron comprises the usual cross arms 1 and 2 pivoted together as indicated at 3, and each provided at one end with a suitable handle member 4. The arm 2 is formed of two parallel pieces which straddle the arm 1, as seen most clearly in Figure 2 and which serve to limit the opening of the iron.

At the free end of the arm 1, a cross head 5 is supported and this cross head carries two pairs of coacting comb members 6. I have illustrated the cross head as comprising a plurality of spacing blocks interposed between the comb members, but it will be obvious that the cross head might be formed of a single piece of material: supporting the comb members. It will be noted that the teeth 7 of the comb members are located at an angle to the transverse plane of said members and that the teeth of alternate comb members are disposed in opposite directions.

The two strips of metal forming the arm 2 are flared apart adjacent their free ends,

as indicated at 8 and terminate in a? pair of.

parallel ofiset tongues 9. The tongues 9 when the handle members 4 are forced together and move in between the pairs of comb members 6 and are adapted to force a strand of hair up in between the teeth of the comb members. The handles 4 limit the closing movement of the iron and when these handles are in contacting position the inner faces of the tongues 9 will be approximately flush with the backs of the comb members 6.

For convenience in heating the tongues 9, these tongues are made hollow, as indicated most clearly in Figure 3 and heating coils such as 10 are located within the tongues. \Vires 11 passing through one of the handle members 4 and through both sides of the arm 2 are connected to the coils.

The operation of the iron is as follows:

After the tongues 9 have been heated, a strand of hair is introduced between the tongues and the combs. It will be noted that the slots between the teeth of each pair of comb members are in registration at their outer ends and spaced a considerable distance apart at their inner ends. Further,

when the hair is introduced between the tongues and combs and the handle members are closed, the hair will be forced into the slots between the teeth 7 and twisted at the same time. One pair of comb members serves to curl the hair in one lateral direction, the other pair of comb members serves to curl the hair in another lateral direction, while the two tongues serve to curl the hair transversely of the strand as will be readily understood. This cooperative action of the tongues and teeth produce the peculiar conformation which is known as the Marcel wave, in vogue at the present time.

It will be noted that the comb members 6 are spaced a sufficient distance apart by the cross head 5 to provide ample clearance for the tongues 9 so that hair may readily be forced in between the comb members and curled over the inner edges of the tongues.

fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: r

1; In a curling iron, pairs of comb members, sets of teeth on said members located at angles to the transverse plane of said members and oppositely inclined relative to each other, and tongues movable between and coacting With the teeth to curl a strand of hair.

2. In a curling iron, a pair of crossed arms pivoted at their point of crossing, handle members attached to one end of each arm, pairs of coacting comb members carried by the free end of one arm, tongues at the free end of the other arm movable between the comb members, the teeth of all of said comb members being located at an angle to the transverse plane of said members.

3. In a curling iron, a pair of crossed arms pivoted at their point of crossing, handle members attached to one vend of each arm, pairs of coacting comb members carried by the free end of one arm, tongues at the free end of the other arm movable between the comb members, the teeth of all of said comb members being located at an angle to the transverse plane of said members, the teeth of alternate members being located at opposite angles to each other.

ARNOLD SCHARER. 

